Composite Extrusion of Aluminum with Discontinuous Eccentric Reinforcements. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Levin, Eilina; Haase, Matthias; Foydl, Annika; Tekkaya, A. Erman
• Is Part Of: Materials today. Volume 2:Number 10(2015)Part A
• Page Start: 4758
• Page End: 4762
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Hot extrusion -- Metal-Matrix Composites -- Aluminum -- Reinforcing -- Coextrusion; Materials science -- Congresses -- Periodicals; 620.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2015.10.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-7853

Abstract

Abstract: The demand for lightweight components can be seen as a long-term objective of the automotive industry, motivated by ecological, economic and political reasons. The combination of multiple materials can be used to fabricate load-adapted products with the potential for lightweight applications. A promising approach for the production of such components is composite hot extrusion. In this process, high strength material is embedded into an aluminum matrix, in order to gain a local improvement of the mechanical properties of the produced component, while retaining the weight advantage of the light alloy. In this paper, the influence of the initial position of the reinforcements within the billet on their final position in the profile is investigated.